Clinical ethics recommendations for the allocation of intensive care treatments in exceptional, resource-limited circumstances: the Italian perspective during the COVID-19 epidemic

Crit Care. 2020 Apr 22;24(1):165. doi: 10.1186/s13054-020-02891-w.

Authors

Marco Vergano¹, Guido Bertolini², Alberto Giannini³, Giuseppe R Gristina³, Sergio Livigni³, Giovanni Mistraletti³, Luigi Riccioni³, Flavia Petrini³

Affiliations

¹ Società Italiana di Anestesia Analgesia Rianimazione e Terapia Intensiva, Viale dell'Università 11, 00185, Rome, Italy. marco.vergano@aslcittaditorino.it.
² Laboratorio di Epidemiologia Clinica, Dipartimento di Salute Pubblica, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Milan, Italy.
³ Società Italiana di Anestesia Analgesia Rianimazione e Terapia Intensiva, Viale dell'Università 11, 00185, Rome, Italy.

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections / therapy*
Critical Care / ethics*
Epidemics*
Health Care Rationing / ethics*
Health Resources / supply & distribution
Humans
Italy / epidemiology
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral / therapy*
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Societies, Medical